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From: Bill Rubin
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 02:36

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Wai Doan Hsu wrote:
>  
> Any company will do an analysis to see if it's cost effective. It it's
> not, they won't certify their products.  Coca Cola, for instance, is
> kosher for Passover in New York, but not kosher at all in other parts
> of the country. They look at the market and decide if it will improve
> their bottom line or not.

Kosher for Passover Coke is different than other products in
question, because it really is different than non-kosher for
Passover Coke. Once a year, Coke makes "old Coke" with sugar
instead of corn syrup (which is not Kosher for Passover).  True
Coke aficionados look forward to this and stock up on the
Passover Coke, even if they aren't Jewish.

> Furthermore, it does not cost them a penny to put a K on the box (with
> or without a circle around it) if they want to certify on their own
> that the product is kosher in a manner consistent with their
> understanding of Jewish law.

I believe that the K with a circle actually is from an
organization, simular to the U with the circle (or O-U, as it is
commonly known). The K by itself does not need any approval, but
for people who really care about it, it isn't worth much.

> The whole scam is one perpetuated by racists. Read the snopes article.

I'll agree with you on this. Also, I've heard that many strict
vegetarians use the kosher certification to know whether an item
truly has no meat in it (or even dairy) because it has to be
noted on the box (O-U D would mean it has dairy in it).

Bill

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